Asa Barbour 

What are your key CTE responsibilities in your current job role? 

My primary role is to teach kids to operate safely and efficiently in a commercial kitchen. My program is also an elective to gauge the interest of students who really want to make a career in this field and go on to CTE culinary programs. 

Why do you feel CTE is important to the future of education? 

Career and technical education is a vehicle that transports the principles of primary education into demonstration. In no other subject area can you take what you’ve gained from mathematics, science, history, reading, and language arts and apply it to a productive and rewarding career. CTE adds it all up and totals it into a useful economic contribution. 

What is the biggest benefit students can receive from enrolling in CTE programs/course? 

CTE gives students free hands-on experience! The opportunity to say that you have gone beyond theory to have actual success in a technical skill is invaluable for new graduates looking to enter the workforce. 

What are some of your hobbies? 

In my free time, I enjoy gardening, cooking, role-playing games, and curating my music collection. I also like boxing and biking.